There are some silly moderators

[llyr69]

"Seconds later, I get a popup saying 'Chairboy you got a problem with my rules, my game?"

If you can't figure out who's talking to you from this, you have far greater problems than having your juvenile smack talking muted.

I daresay it's the same 2% of the player base that spout 75% of the drivel...........Permasquelch in 1.12!!!!!!!!!!!



just my $US.02

[Chairboy]

Howdy,

I should clear up a couple of misconceptions that have popped up.

1. It was not Hitech sending me the popup messages.  Anyone who has read the thread, including Hitech's post, should know this.

2. I was not muted.  When someone else used a bunch of obscenity, I joked that if a Bishop had said it, he would have been muted.  In response, the moderator said 'you got a problem with my rules, my game?'  If it had been Hitech, I would have taken my licks and forgotten about it.  The only reason I posted to the board is because I wanted to have a discussion about moderators who are abusing their responsibilities.  As a point of fact, I have NEVER been muted, something the logs should clearly show to Hitech who has been bamboozled by the moderators that called me a pain in the butt and implied that I was a frequent disruptive influence.

Frequently asked questions:

a. Chairboy, why didn't you just email Hitech?
Answer: If I just mailed HT, then he would only hear my story.  I posted it to the board to see if I was the only one who had encountered rogue moderators.

b. Chairboy, if the person said 'my rules, my game', it must have been Hitech!  You're stupid for not figuring it out!
Answer: Read Hitech's post, he wasn't the moderator.

c. Chairboy, you jerk, why were you interfering with the moderators?
Answer: I wasn't.  Some guy writes something really nasty on channel 1, so I joke that if a teammate had done it, he would have been muted.  This prompts some moderator to take it as a personal affront to his/her honor.  

Best regards, and happy holidays,

Chairboy

[ccvi]

Originally posted by Turdboy
I was warned by a moderator for giving a guy a "check 6".

Not the automated one but one I typed myself..1 time!

The moderator told me the guy didn't deserve one so I should stop.

I think the probabiliy that the one you gave the check 6 call is a moderator himself is very high. Otherwise he wouldn't have taken notice of your call.

Disclose his identity!

[Swoop]

He said NOT the automated one.

[ccvi]

A manually triggered check 6 call is send as private message, otherwise it will not trigger the check 6 sound. I think it's that what he's talking about.

[mrsid2]

Ccvi what he meant was that the person whom the check6 was given was not worth it in the moderators personal opinnion.

Therefore he saw fit to choose how others should treat the other players and play the game way outside the bounds HTC has defined for moderation.

[MWHUN]

Originally posted by hitech
Well after talking to a number of modertors it apears they all hold the common perseption that Chairboy is a P.I.T.A

HiTech

Okay, what is a PITA.  

And it better not be a form of bread...

[mrsid2]

P.I.T.A = Pain in the ass

[ccvi]

mrsid2, i think you're right.

I wonder what happens if you type "pain in the ass" in the MA. Even if you add that some anonymous people think that someone is just that.

[anton]

IMO channel 1 is a chatroom, a chatroom with police.  Personally I dont see the need for chatroom cops when we have a text filter coupled with a squelch command. If someone's spewing garbage I dont wanna hear I squelch them, If a topic I dont care for is being conversed on 1  -squelch the whole channel. I dont need any moderator coming to my aid, I can fix unwanted banter without a moderator.
 But since we DO have them, I feel they should be forced to be reasonable. If I am verbally attacking someone & they are participating back, but NEITHER of us is cussing or suedo-cussing
this is a situation for the squelch command. But when the above scenario played out, the online moderator thought it best to tell me (possibly the other party as well) to "calm down"  My response to "calm down" was that  "im not excited or cussing, leave me alone"  I was muted. So after clearing the mute, I made my text abilities known again, mute,clear,mute.clear,mute,clear--
this went on for quite some time until I was advised It would be delivered to HTC for review. Apparently i did nothing wrong because the muter stopped muting me & that was the last I ever heard.
So to summarize, IMO moderators are biased, & not necessary in the first place... between text filter & squelch command, a moderator is a waste of time & space to me. They cant protect me anymore than I can protect myself. If I squech someone ...... THEY CANT CLEAR IT!!!!!!!! NUFF SAID
Anton:cool:

[anton]

Yes PERMA-SQUELCH is needed. The best example I can give for a good reason to bring in perma-squelch........          ME!
1st runner up bkhawk, 2nd Shane.........
Anton:D

[Skuzzy]

Why use channel one for any type of verbal attack?  Take it private.

I do not see the need to verbally abuse anyone for any reason. Whether it is using profanity or not is irrelevant.  Verbal abuse in any form is just wrong.

[Furious]

Originally posted by Skuzzy
Why use channel one for any type of verbal attack?  Take it private....

Oh no Skuzzy, don't tell them that.

I don't need more dolts white texting me.  When they do you gotta go through the hassle of explaining to eveyone that you found a tard instead of them just proving it on CH1.


F.

[culero]

Originally posted by Skuzzy
Why use channel one for any type of verbal attack?  Take it private.

I do not see the need to verbally abuse anyone for any reason. Whether it is using profanity or not is irrelevant.  Verbal abuse in any form is just wrong.

Having worn those shoes before, I'm the last guy to wanna give game staff a hard time, but this does provoke a couople of questions...

Assuming that "Verbal abuse in any form is just wrong." (which I agree with, conditioned that "abuse" implies malicious intent, i.e. not just plain old good-natured game-related taunting) why would you advise anyone to take it private? Isn't it still just as wrong? Wouldn't you sanction a player for abusing another player in private, if a legitimate complaint was documented?

Second question - I've heard it said here that HTC has reasons to not wish to implement a persistent squelch feature. I would really appreciate a cogent explanation as to why. I really believe it would address many complaints I see here in the boards. What
exactly does HTC have against the idea?

culero (take your time, just curious

[anton]

Well skuzzy, that may in fact be the case- in a perfect world. But log on to MA any time day or nite, within 2 minutes you will see a personal verbal attack. In fact I would say that at least 40% of text buffer is some sort of verbal attack. So If you REALLY feel heartfilled about yer last comment, maybe we should just close channel 1. If anyone wants to talk to other side player- use private. I dont see any way to "pick & choose"  who gets muted & for what without showing or being accused of Bias, or inconsistancies.
Anton